Footage shows U.S. troops conducting nighttime flight drills aboard the USS Iwo Jima in the Caribbean, filmed weeks ahead of the operation against Maduro.

A senior White House official said the administration is closely monitoring reports of heavy gunfire near the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, stressing that the United States is not involved.

Armed individuals spotted on the streets of Caracas, Venezuela, as reports emerge of heavy gunfire near the Miraflores Presidential Palace.

Footage is circulating from Caracas, Venezuela, with further details still emerging.

IRAN: Skies over Lorestan There is a strong possibility these lights are Starlink satellites.

William DeFoor, who allegedly vandalized U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s home in Cincinnati, Ohio, now faces multiple federal charges, according to the Department of Justice. The charges include damaging government property, committing physical violence on restricted grounds, and assaulting, resisting, or impeding federal officers.

U.S. President Donald Trump told NBC News that Venezuela will not hold elections in the next 30 days following the military operation that resulted in the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife.

Trump adviser Stephen Miller said the United States is the central power within NATO and argued that, to secure the Arctic region and protect NATO interests, Greenland should become part of the United States.

Much attention has focused on the failure of Russian air defenses and radar systems in Venezuela. Far less scrutiny has been given to the Chinese systems that also underperformed. China supplied between nine and twelve JY-27 “anti-stealth” radars, promoted as capable of detecting aircraft like the F-35. In practice, they proved ineffective.

Iran’s Islamic regime is increasingly worried that Israel or the United States could soon take military action against the country, according to three Iranian officials cited by Reuters. Following last weekend’s U.S. military operation in Venezuela, some officials fear Iran could be “the next target of Trump’s aggressive foreign policy,” a concern that has spread among senior figures in Tehran.